SECTIONS 8040-8041 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 8040-8041

8040. (a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be
substantially as follows:

DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY

I hereby declare myself a ____ Party candidate for nomination to
the office
of ____ District Number ____ to be voted for at the primary election
to be held
____, 20__, and declare the following to be true:
My name is _____.
I want my name and occupational designation to appear on the
ballot as
follows: _____.
Addresses:
Residence _____
_____
Business _____
_____
Mailing _____
_____
Telephone numbers: Day _____ Evening _____
Web site: _____
I meet the statutory and constitutional qualifications for this
office
(including, but not limited to, citizenship, residency, and party
affiliation, if
required).
I am at present an incumbent of the following public office
(if any) ____.
If nominated, I will accept the nomination and not withdraw.
_____
Signature of candidate

State of California )
County of ______________ ) ss.
)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of ____, 20__.
_____
Notary Public (or other official)

Examined and certified by me this ____ day of ____, 20__.
_____
County Elections Official
WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of
a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and
in the proper place any declaration of candidacy in his or her
possession which is entitled to be filed under the provisions of the
Elections Code Section 18202.

(b) A candidate for a judicial office may not be required to state
his or her residential address on the declaration of candidacy.
However, in cases where the candidate does not state his or her
residential address on the declaration of candidacy, the elections
official shall verify whether his or her address is within the
appropriate political subdivision and add the notation "verified"
where appropriate.

8041. (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the
following form:
NOMINATION PAPER
I, the undersigned signer for ______ for the ____ Party nomination
to the office of ____, to be voted for at the primary election to be
held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, hereby assert as follows:
I am a resident of ____ County and registered to vote at the
address shown on this paper and affiliated with the ____ Party. I am
not at this time a signer of any other nomination paper of any other
candidate for the above-named office, or in case there are several
places to be filled in the above-named office, I have not signed more
nomination papers than there are places to be filled in the
above-named office. My residence is correctly set forth after my
signature hereto:
Name _________________________________________________________
Residence ____________________________________________________

(b) The affidavit of the circulator shall read as follows:

AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCULATOR

I, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) that the signatures on this
section of the nomination paper were obtained between _____, 20__,
and _____, 20__; that I circulated the petition and I saw the
signatures on this section of the nomination paper being written; and
that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is
the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
My voting residence is ________.
Signed _______________________________________________

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20__.

(SEAL) ________________________________
Notary Public (or other
official)

Examined and certified by me this _____ day of ______, 20__.
______________________________
Elections Official

WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of
a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and
in the proper place any nomination paper in his or her possession
which is entitled to be filed under Section 18202 of the Elections
Code.